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"Autumn is an event in Japan unlike anything I have seen before. Endless lines of locals walk patiently through the trees, snapping portraits of little dogs and families and friends and bridges and shrines. It is a spectacle of joy and color. I spent three weeks in Japan last November, during peak autumn. It was the number one place on my bucket list, and it lived up to and surpassed every expectation I had. It is the first place I’ve visited that, upon arrival home, I immediately wanted to r... www.instagram.com/p/BfQ7LvZ...

Exclusion zone remains in places as Royal Navy technicians and police work to remove unexploded bomb

London City airport is not expected to reopen until Tuesday after the discovery of an unexploded second world war bomb in the river Thames near the runway forced it to close.

An exclusion zone around George V dock in east London is still in place near the airport while Royal Navy technicians and the Met police work to remove the ordnance, which was discovered on Sunday morn...

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